A robust underwater superoleophobic aminated polyacrylonitrile membrane embedded with CNTs-COOH for durable oil/water and dyes/oil emulsions separation.
CHEMOSPHERE 2022;
293:133535. [PMID:
35016958 DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133535]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Considering the emulsified oil and water-soluble dyes in wastewater, the exploitation of easy-manufacturing, energy-saving and high-efficiency separation materials is urgently required. In this work, integrating the positively charged polyethyleneimine (PEI) with negatively charged CNTs-COOH constructed the superhydrophilic Cassie-Baxter structure onto the electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) membrane surface by ultrasonic, electrostatic interaction and thermal treatment. Based on it, the PEN@CNTs membrane achieved efficient separation for surfactant-free, tween 80-stabilized, SDS-stabilized, and CTAB-stabilized emulsions (the fluxes reached 508-3158 L m-2 h-1, the separation efficiency reached 99.42%) by the splendid water-penetration and oil-repellency, electrostatic interaction, and "aperture sieve". Moreover, because of the porosity and strong charged surface of PEN@CNTs membrane, the anionic dyes can be quickly removed by one-step filtrate method (∼403 L m-2 h-1). Meanwhile, the PEN@CNTs membrane also achieved synchronous and efficient remediation for oil/dye mixture emulsions after many cycles. More importantly, facing the complex physical and chemical environments, the combination of the stabilized PEN membrane, inactive CNTs-COOH layer, and the bond of embedding method between CNTs-COOH and PEN nanofibers made the PEN@CNTs membrane demonstrated robust stability and durable separation capability.
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